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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cheers with scientists and technicians after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile

Here’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US

August 15, 2017Conflict

After years of the US trying to deter the Kim regime from its nuclear weapons program, now North Korea reportedly has up to 60 nukes — it probably won’t abandon its plans anytime soon.

Some of the ruins at Yuanmingyuan in Beijing.

Ruins in Beijing help explain why the Chinese are so wary of the west

November 13, 2013Conflict & Justice

Atmosphere Tense Between Korean States After Kim’s Death

August 14, 2013Global Politics

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